Hello, sjsoto

nicholsmom

New member
Hello everyone, newbie here.
My first ? Is, how do i send a pm. Thanks

:wave: Who do you want to pm? Do you need a whole lot of space or will a sentence or two do the trick? You can get a very short private message to people by way of the rep comment, or send pages by pm.

It is possible that you will have to wait out your probationary period, but to pm someone, you right-click on their screen name and pick private message off of the menu.

Tell us a little about yourself :)
 

Sherman

I identify as a Christian
Staff member
Administrator
LIFETIME MEMBER
Hall of Fame
Welcome to TOL. You won't be able to send PMs, post visitor messages or post in the chatbox until you have been here two weeks and have have posted 50 posts. The reason: It is measure to discourage PM box spammers. Sites like this tend to get swamped with them otherwise. Only a legit user will wait out the two weeks and make the required 50 posts. ;)

There is another way around it. Become a subscribing member.:cool:
 

Town Heretic

Out of Order
Hall of Fame
Welcome. :e4e: You might want to run your motto by Knight. It's a bit iffy relative to the rules.

See you around the place. :cheers:
 

Sjsoto

New member
Thanks everyone, something about my self?
Live in brooklyn, married and wanted to pm the admin. As im also starting a theology forum and wanted some friendly advice. Love the site since theres a diverse religious belief.
 

fool

Well-known member
Hall of Fame
Hello everyone, newbie here.
My first ? Is, how do i send a pm. Thanks

First you go here;

http://www.theologyonline.com/index.php

And in the "Site Navigation" box you click "Upgrade your TOL" which takes you to here;

http://www.theologyonline.com/forums/payments.php

Where they want money, but PMs are free as you can see if you click on "review all subscriber benefits" and it takes you here;
http://www.theologyonline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=19318

and then you go to post two and see;

Registered Registered PLUS Subscriber (base or bronze level) Subscriber (Silver level) Subscriber (Gold level) Subscriber (LIFETIME MEMBER)
Cost:
FREE
FREE With conditions... User MUST:
· Have at least 50 posts on TOL
AND
· Have been a TOL member for at least 14 days
If the above conditions are met the user will automatically be promoted to the Registered PLUS level.

$3.00 per month
OR
$30.00 per year. $7 per month
OR
$70 per year. $12 per month
OR
$120 per year. One time payment of $500
Duration:
Ongoing (unless suspended or banned)
Ongoing (unless suspended or banned or unless conditions above are no longer met.)
Until payment runs out. (or if user is banned for breaking TOL rules. subscriptions are NON-REFUNDABLE)
Until payment runs out. (or if user is banned for breaking TOL rules. subscriptions are NON-REFUNDABLE)
Until payment runs out. (or if user is banned for breaking TOL rules. subscriptions are NON-REFUNDABLE)
Never expires.
USER PROFILE
Can View Member Info: YES YES YES YES YES YES
Can Edit Own Profile: YES YES YES YES YES YES
Can Use Custom Title: NO NO YES YES YES YES
Can Use Signatures: NO YES YES YES YES YES
Can upload signature images: NO NO YES
500x60 pixels MAX, 100k, non-animated YES
500x60 pixels MAX, 200k, animated or non-animated YES
500x60 pixels MAX, 300k, animated or non-animated YES
500x75 pixels MAX, 400k, animated or non-animated
Can View Others' Profile Pictures: NO YES YES YES YES YES
FORUMS
Can View Forum: YES YES YES YES YES YES
Can View Others' Threads: YES YES YES YES YES YES
Can See Deletion Notices: NO NO NO NO YES YES
Can Search Forums: No YES YES YES YES YES
Can Use Email to Friend: YES YES YES YES YES YES
Can Download Attachments: YES YES YES YES YES YES
Can Post Threads: YES YES YES YES YES YES
Can Reply to Own Threads: YES YES YES YES YES YES
Can Reply to Others' Threads: YES YES YES YES YES YES
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Can View Shoutbox: YES YES YES YES YES YES
Can Shout / Post Messages: NO No YES YES YES YES
Maximum Shouts Per Day: 0 0 NO LIMIT NO LIMIT NO LIMIT NO LIMIT
Can Edit Own Messages: NO NO YES YES YES YES
Can Hard-Delete Own Messages: NO NO NO YES YES YES
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Space (in bytes) that a user's total attachment usage may consume: 0 0 5000000
(approx. 5 MB) 10000000
(approx. 10 MB) 20000000
(approx. 20 MB) 30000000
(approx. 20 MB)
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Can Vote on Polls: YES YES YES YES YES YES
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Custom Avatar Maximum Width (pixels): 0 100 100 125 125 150
Custom Avatar Maximum Height (pixels): 0 100 100 200 200 200
Custom Avatar Maximum File Size (bytes): 0 10000 20000 50000 100000 100000
Can upload animated avatar? NO NO YES YES YES YES
Can Upload Profile Pictures: NO YES YES YES YES YES
Profile Picture Maximum Width (pixels): 0 100 100 150 150 150
Profile Picture Maximum Height (pixels): 0 100 100 150 150 150
Profile Picture Maximum File Size (bytes): 0 10000 20000 50000 100000 200000
PRIVATE MESSAGING
Maximum Stored Messages: 0 70 150 1000 2000 3000
Can Use Message Tracking: NO NO YES YES YES YES
Can Deny Private Message Read Receipt Request: NO NO YES YES YES YES
Maximum Recipients to Send PMs at a time: 0 5 10 20 25 30
CALENDAR
Can View Calendar: YES YES YES YES YES YES
Can Post Events: NO NO YES YES YES YES
Can Edit Own Events: NO NO YES YES YES YES
Can Delete Own Events: NO NO YES YES YES YES
Can View Others' Events: YES YES YES YES YES YES
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Can View Detailed Location Info for Users: NO NO NO YES YES YES
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Can Use Reputation: YES YES YES YES YES YES
Can Leave Negative Reputation: YES YES YES YES YES YES
Can See Who Left User Ratings: NO NO YES YES YES YES
Can Hide Reputation from Others: NO NO NO NO YES YES
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Can View User Notes About Self: NO NO YES YES YES YES
Can Post User Notes About Self: NO NO YES YES YES YES
Can View User Notes About Others: NO NO NO YES YES YES
Can Post User Notes About Others: NO NO YES YES YES YES
User Notes Can Be Posted About This Group: YES YES YES YES YES YES
MISCELLANEOUS
Access to Private forums: NO NO YES YES YES YES
Can create social groups: NO NO YES YES YES YES
Can create personal blog: YES YES YES YES YES YES
Can create photo albums with pictures: NO NO YES YES YES YES
Can edit and customize profile page: NO NO YES YES YES YES
View Knight Cam™
and Turbovision™: NO NO YES YES YES YES
Less 3rd party advertising: NO NO YES YES YES YES

Or something like that and you find out that you need fifty posts and 14 days OR for a measley three dollars you can become Green.
Who dosen't like green?

Or, lacking three dollars or the patience or luxury of 14 days and 50 posts, if you really needed to send someone a messege without blurting it out on the forum you could find a post by that person and click on the scales in the upper right and corner of their post (if your using "TOL lightweigt") skin or the green square in the same location( if your useing "TOL High Definition") (skin is selectable in the lower left hand corner of most screens except thread reply screens in TOL Lightweight at least). And there you could "rep" the person you want to PM and it will give you a drop down to leave a "rep comment" in which you could put your PM and only they would see it provided it wasen't too long although I'm not sure if there is a "too long" for rep comments or "shouts" for that matter but lacking three dollars that won't be a problem you'll have.

Also;
You could click on the persons name and go to their profile and (I think?) leave a comment or before that try clicking on the "contact Info" tab and some people actually have contact info there like e-mails and Facebookisness and blogs and so on and so forth.

While you here you could rack up some posts in the Topic of The Day;
http://www.theologyonline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=73004
Where we are discussing where The Universe came from and no answer is too far out there.
Welcome.
 

Town Heretic

Out of Order
Hall of Fame
Thanks town heretic. Thats why i wanted to pm him. Ill take it down then. Thanks.

:thumb: Probably best. That will keep anyone from getting the wrong idea about your being here as well. It's a good place to hang about and chat about everything from the hot topics of the day to the eternal sort to the purely goofy and trivially entertaining.

Fool is one of our linchpin heathens. A stout defender of the unborn and generally helpful, frequently funny fellow. So, naturally, we're all keeping an eye on him. :plain:
 

Nathon Detroit

LIFETIME MEMBER
LIFETIME MEMBER
Hello everyone, newbie here.
My first ? Is, how do i send a pm. Thanks
Welcome to TOL.

TheologyOnline has been around for nearly 15 years and therefore we get flooded daily by spam-bots, and link droppers, attempting to ride our "Google coattails" therefore we tend to shoot first, ask questions later.

If you are here to see how things are run and engage in conversation you are more than welcome at our website. We have several folks that participate regularly here at TOL that are moderators and even admins of other web forums.

If instead, you are here to stick around long enough to sneak a link or two in, you will be banned and all of your posts and threads will be deleted with a single click which will amount to a monumental waste of time (for you).

I just want to make sure you understand the rules. If we didn't treat the situation so strictly TOL (TheologyOnLine) would be nothing but a vast wasteland of :spam:
 
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nicholsmom

New member
Welcome to TOL.

TheologyOnline has been around for nearly 15 years and therefore we get flooded daily by spam-bots, and link droppers, attempting to ride our "Google coattails" therefore we tend to shoot first, ask questions later.

If you are here to see how things are run and engage in conversation you are more than welcome at our website. We have several folks that participate regularly here at TOL that are moderators and even admins of other web forums.

If instead, you are here to stick around long enough to sneak a link or two in, you will be banned and all of your posts and threads will be deleted with a single click which will amount to a monumental waste of time (for you).

I just want to make sure you understand the rules. If we didn't treat the situation so strictly TOL (TheologyOnLine) would be nothing but a vast wasteland of :spam:

Thank God for moderators and the spam-free environment of TOL :D
 

Stripe

Teenage Adaptive Ninja Turtle
LIFETIME MEMBER
Hall of Fame
I just want to make sure you understand the rules. If we didn't treat the situation so strictly TOL (TheologyOnLine) would be nothing but a vast wasteland of :spam:

:think: Knight has clearly never read a Freelight thread. :chuckle:
 
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